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Double-digit. That hyphenated adjective has been used most often recently to describe October's 10.2 percent unemployment rate. But it can also be used to describe the federal budget deficit as a percentage of the gross domestic product. That precise number is not yet known, but it may turn out to have a more dire effect on our national life than October's unemployment rate.

In the fiscal year just ended, federal spending was nearly 25 percent of GDP while federal revenues slipped below 1… Continue

This is a good site. We have a great history as Republicans for doing good things & should not shy away from it.

DENVER -- Colorado Republicans unveiled Monday the Contract with Colorado, a conservative set of principles aimed at boosting the party's prospects in 2010 just as the Contract with America did for House Republicans in 1994.

The contract, also called the Platform for Prosperity, emerged after weeks of talks with top Republicans in order to unify the party behind gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis. The former… Continue

We've discussed NY-23 roundly. One of he big mistakes I see being made is trying to say this is a conservative v. moderate issue, when it's not. This article from Deroy Murcoch details how far to the left her principles, values, & priorities are - far from the center, much less center-right.

The MSM & some of the "intellectuals" of the Republican punditocracy have tried & w… Continue

When Lindsay Graham decided to support cap-and-trade — a position not even some moderate Democrats can stomach — I observed that this was not only bad policy but also bad politics. And sure enough, moves like that and his support for now Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor have spelled trouble for him. This report explains:

U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham’s public support is collapsing in South Carolina… Continue